CVE-2021-4206
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Publication date:
29/04/2022
Last modified:
21/03/2025
Description
A flaw was found in the QXL display device emulation in QEMU. An integer overflow in the cursor_alloc() function can lead to the allocation of a small cursor object followed by a subsequent heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows a malicious privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host or potentially execute arbitrary code within the context of the QEMU process.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
8.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.0 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:advanced_virtualization:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036998
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/21-4206/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036998
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250321-0010/
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/21-4206/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5133



